Sealed tag and attaching means therefor



Oct. 5, 1943; M. RUBINOFF 2,331,233

SEALED'TAGS AND ATTAGHING MEANS THEREFOR Filed Oct. 4, 1940 25 INVENTOR-l fe/1% mam y ATTORNEY the itag cannot be detached w-lthout the seal.

' use of the tag.

Many garments and other articles of wear'are' Patented Oct. 5, 1943 2 itThis inventionrelatesl-to 'saled t particularly refers to-improve'iia'ents" in means m a patent' entitled Seelleditag-s,amenity-me /November '7, 1939,'No. 231585810; a-nd rissned June a,#1950, No."Re.. 2 l-fll7 lg'I havedescribed-and claimed a tag providedwith aeseal immimga chamber with the surface or 'the' tag "itself, and

seal having an opening in its side Wall, mmogh which the terminals or ananchoi ing i loop may be ffinsert-e'd :to be permanently reztainedwithin tsa'id chamber. e

, The J loop -icompnises ia 'iflexible oord string, vorwire, to itheouter lend-s of whichteare eattaohed rtheiterminals. .i Each'rterminalc'onststs ofiaa piece .of oblong .rshapedEmettnlshaving aislotsalongtits longitudinal :axis kextendingthtdf"Mayethetiength of said piece ofmetal. fIlhe-eendmfiltheest'ringe passes through the slot, and thepiecetofimetal is folded over :Zitsrlongitlldinfiil :axis'fton'gniprfithe string, With this construction, athettermmaliextends atright :zangles -.to tthe'astrirrg; stringqemerges irom the imidpnrtionxzhthe iterminal, so that once --the terminal iiis (inserted through:thezopening iin'to the 'aeal; fit cannot @be vremoved.

7 1A "loopor string equipped wvith the aforesaid type vof terminals willmmvide ta Mei-w zefiectiite anchoring means 'WhEIlllSQd'lhlconjunction-with a ;seal forming .:a -.closed :chamberi provided with asuitable opening. Hbweyer,1.in orderttotsattaoh the sealed tag to agarment, it isu neses'saryito passrthe'stringithrongh an opening orbuttonhole of the garment itself, and I have found that in manyinstances this may prove ,a bar to the now made without any buttonholewhatsoever; especially when they are equipped with fastening means ofthe slide fastener type. fore, conceived the idea of providing anattaching string or loop adapted for use in connection with my improvedsealed tag, with .a terminal designed so that the string may be insertedthrough the fabric or other material oi which the garment is made,without any difiiculty and without marring the garment.

The primary object of this invention accordingly is to provide a tagequipped with a" string or loop having a needle-like' terminal adaptedto pass through fabric or other pierceable materia1 without damage tothematerial itself.

Another object is to provide'a sealed tag in ".MIEREROR V M J MM4,1940,seriernezfieims I r. J I ,.,(o'1. -321) com'bin'ation with 'anattaohing stringfo'r "loop, I :the free end of said string or lo opbeing'eguipped ''with a needle like terminal'adaptedto- -pierce through'fab-ric and similar materials{and adapb ed .to be non-detachablysecured to the seal videdinthe tag,

Other objects and'advantagesof the present 's'inventionwin morefully-appear asr-thedescripforth: and claimed 'tion,.part-of the -sealbeing broken away Fig. "'2 is I a cross sectional view taken 7 :1 line2-2 of Fig. 1; f-

T7Flg. 3, is anenlarged view in elevation of a teri minal embodying myinvention inits pref erred ii'o'rm;

' rl lig. 411s; a greatly enlarge'd crosssectionahview JthGIBOf, throughline-ij44"of- 'Fig.i8; I 1 @Eig, :5 :is ia'eview in;perspective of anattaching vstringi ofia .diiferenttype, 'eqnippe'clwith my im-'eprovedterminal;

:embodying my inventionzinzan 1 alternative form.

Referring :to Figs. 1 an-d12 :of the rdrawingy 'lifl' I have, there-Fig. 6 is'a similar view showing'a sealed ta'g :aattached-to :agarmentby means-of the attaching sstringshownin-Fig.:5; and I y 51 .11g.*7 is,.'awplansview.of an anchoring terminal designates 1a vtag,-wl/jhic'h may "be imadeof paper,

riclothmardboztrd, .orfathe .likeisheet material', to

:rwhiohlisrsecured-asealsM ,ibymeans of prongs 12. .sa'idgsealcis,sh'owniin 'rthe1formotsa pronged zme'tal disk; embossed to a relativelyshallow depth to provide a recess which, together with the surface ofthe tag, forms a chamber [3. Said chamber has anannular wall which isformed with one 7 or, two small openings l5, through which the terminalsof an attaching flexible element I 6 may be inserted.

The flexible element is shown in the form'of a v p having at one-end aterminal I! consisting, like in 'my other patent above referred to, ofa,

piece of oblong shaped metal having a sleeve extending for about half ofits length, said sleeve gripping one of the ends of flexible element I6.As previously explained, when said terminal is inserted through openingl5 it will form an anchor extending atright angles to the flexibleelement which cannot be removed without breaking the seal.

In the device describedin my above mentioned way of example middleportion of which is substantially tubular in form and is provided withprongs, such as 2 l, adapted to firmly clamp and retain the end 18 oithe flexible element inserted through said tubular portion. From saidmiddle portion one end 22 of the terminal extends beyond the point fromwhich the flexible element emerges from the tubular portion and theother end is formed as a sharp needle-like point 23.

By virtue of this construction, when the tag is to be attached to agarment or other article, the needlelike terminal l9 can be directlyinserted through the material 24, as shown in Fig. 1, and can then beinserted through opening l5 of the seal to serve as a non-removableanchor for the other end of the flexible element.

In this manner the tag may be attached to any article made of materialwhich can be pierced by the needle-like terminal irrespective of whetheror not the article is provided with openings or buttonholes.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the improved terminal forming the subject of thisinvention, is shown attached to a flexible element somewhat differentfrom that shown in Fig. 1, said flexible element making it possible toavoid the necessity of using more than one terminal. I

In said figures, 25 designates a tag provided with a seal 26, havinga'single opening 21. The:

flexible element 28 has one of its ends turned back andfastened to thebody portion by means of a non-detachable clamping member such as,forinstance, a spirally creased sleeve 29, to form an eye 30. The otherend'3l carries the needlelike terminal 32, which is attached thereto inthe manner previously described.

In order to attach the tag to the garment 33, it is suflicient to forcethe needle-like terminal 32 and the end 3| of the flexible elementattached thereto through the garment, then to pass said terminal endthrough eye 30, and finally toinsert the terminal in the seal in theusual manner.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, this arrangement simplifies the constructionof the flexible element and provides an equally efiective means-forfa'stem'ng the tag in position in such a manner that the tag cannot beremoved without breaking the seal.

Although the construction of the terminal shown and described representsthe preferred embodiment of my invention it is, of course, possible tomake a needle-like anchoring terminal in ways different from that shownin Figs. 1 to 6. For instance, in Fig. 7, I show an anchoring terminal34 which is in the form of a needle having an eye 35 through which theflexible element 36 can be inserted, the stem of said needle beingformed with rearwardly directed spring-like i prongs 31, which; byyielding, make it possible to 5 insert the needle through the opening inthe seal but will prevent the removal of the needle as soon as saidprongs, after penetrating the chamber in theseal, are free to springback to their normal position.

It is obvious that the advantages to be derived by providing a tag witha loop equipped with a needle-like terminal, whereby the tag can be directly attached to a garment or other article, are not exclusivelyconfined totags provided with a 25 seal. It is often desirable to attacha tag in position quickly even though the seal feature may not berequired and, therefore, it is Within the scope of my invention broadlyto provide a combination of tagand seal having a needle-like terminalir- 30 respective of whether the tag is a sealed tag or not.

Other construction details of my invention may vary from those shownwithout departing from the inventive idea. The drawing should,therefore,

.35 be understood as being intended for illustrative purposes only andnot in a limiting sense.

I, accordingly, reserve the right to carry my invention into practice inall those ways and manners which may enter, fairly, into the scope 40 ofthe appended claim.

I claim:'

In a device of the class described the combination of a tag having asealing member provided with an opening therein, a flexible element oneend of which forms a loop and sealing means for said loop providing aneye of fixed size smaller than the said tag, a pointed member carried bythe other end of said element adapted to pass through an article to betagged and thence through said eye and into said sealing member throughsaid opening whereby to attach said ta to said article and preventremoval of th tag withoutmutilating the sealing member, element orarticle.

MARK RUBINOFF.

